HOOP
HOOP, noun A band of wood or metal used to confine the staves of casks, tubs, etc. or for other similar purposes. Wooden hoops are usually made by splitting an oak or hickory sa...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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HOOPER
HOOP'ER, noun One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
HOOPING
HOOP'ING, participle present tense Fastening with hoops.HOOP'ING, participle present tense Crying out; shouting.
HOOPING-COUGH
HOOP'ING-COUGH, noun A cough in which the patient hoops or whoops, with a deep inspiration of breath.
HOOPOE
HOOP'OEHOOP'OO, noun [Latin upupa, epops.] A bird of the genus Upupa, whose head is adorned with a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure.
HOOPOO
HOOP'OO, n. [L. upupa, epops.] A bird of the genus Upupa, whose head is adorned with a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure.
HOORA
HOOR'AHOORAW', exclamation A shout of joy or exultation. [This is the genuine English word, for which we find in books most absurdly written, huzza, a foreign word never or rare...
HOORAW
HOORAW', exclam. A shout of joy or exultation. [This is the genuine English word, for which we find in books most absurdly written, huzza, a foreign word never or rarely used.]
HOOT
HOOT, verb intransitive1. To cry out or shout in contempt.Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.2. To cry, as an owl.The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots.HOOT, verb tran...
HOOTING
HOOT'ING, noun A shouting; clamor.HOP, verb intransitive1. To leap, or spring on one leg; applied to persons.2. To leap; to spring forward by leaps; to skip, as birds.Hopping fr...
HOP
HOP, noun The fruit of the dog-rose, or wild brier.
HOPBIND
HOP'BIND, noun The stalk or vine on which hops grow.
HOPE
HOPE, noun [Latin cupio.]1. A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. hope differs from wish and ...
HOPED
HO'PED, participle passive Desired with expectation.
HOPEFUL
HO'PEFUL, adjective Having qualities which excite hope; promising or giving ground to expect good or success; as a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.1. Full of hope or desire, w...
HOPEFULLY
HO'PEFULLY, adverb In a manner to raise hope; in a way promising good. He prosecutes his scheme hopefully1. In a manner to produce a favorable opinion respecting some good at th...
HOPEFULNESS
HO'PEFULNESS, noun Promise of good; ground to expect what is desirable.
HOPELESS
HO'PELESS, adjective Destitute of hope; having no expectation of that which is desirable; despairing.I am a woman, friendless, hopeless1. Giving no ground of hope or expectation...
HOPELESSLY
HO'PELESSLY, adverb Without hope.
HOPELESSNESS
HO'PELESSNESS, noun A state of being desperate, or affording no hope.
HOPER
HO'PER, noun One that hopes.
HOPING
HO'PING, participle present tense Having hope; indulging desire of good with the expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable.1. Confiding in.
HOPINGLY
HO'PINGLY, adverb With hope or desire of good, and expectation of obtaining it.
HOPLITE
HOP'LITE, noun [Gr. a weapon.] In ancient Greece, a heavy-armed soldier.
HOPOAST
HOP'OAST, noun In Kent, a kiln for drying hops.
HOPPER
HOP'PER, noun [See Hop.] One who hops, or leaps on one leg.1. Properly, a wooden trough through which grain passes into a mill; so named from its moving or shaking. But we give ...
HOPPERS
HOP'PERS, noun A play in which persons hop or leap on one leg.